unfortunately this fix didn't do it. i still get doubled :(ugly) face with skype, though cheese&xawtv are ok. any other hint are veryvery wellcome! cheers i PS: sony vaio vgn-tz170n 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
JGJones wrote: > Video showing strangely in Skype? > > This is due to the codec running only in 640x480 - there's a bug with > the resizing of video size I believe but there is a workaround for > Skype. > > Go to ~/.Skype and in your username folder - there is a file - > config.xml. > > Make a backup copy of it. > > Now edit the file and add this: > > <Video> > <CaptureHeight>480</CaptureHeight> > <CaptureWidth>640</CaptureWidth> > </Video> > > Put it in between the <Lib></Lib> section (I put it at the bottom in my > case) > > Start up Skype. This might fix it for you if your video is strange. As a > workaround, I'm happy enough with this until things improve. > > Cheers > -- Prof. Israel Vainsencher ICEX-Departamento de Matemática-UFMG C.P. 702 Belo Horizonte 30161-970 MG 31-3409-5972; www.mat.ufmg.br/~israel -- [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs